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What a result for student deals at John Packer

There is a fantastic special saving to be enjoyed by music exam students — starting on the day that they find out their results!

Music exam savings
  What a fantastic result for music students from John Packer

Students who've undertaken a music exam in this last academic year are eligible for a special sale, giving them 12% off a massive range of products.

Something new

So, with your future planned it's perhaps the time for a higher specification instrument, a new mouthpiece or maybe you just fancy a new case.

And who better to get in touch with than the professionals at John Packer.

Contact us

All you need to do is contact us with your exam certificate and we'll give you a code to save 12%!

To claim the offer, simply e-mail a copy of your exam certificate to odette@johnpacker.co.uk.

Once verified, we'll reply with your discount code.

All you need to do is contact us with your exam certificate and we'll give you a code to save 12%!John Packer

Terms and Conditions:

This offer will end August 31st, 2016, and can be used in conjunction with the Assisted Instrument Purchase Scheme. Offer only applies to exams undertaken in the 2015/2016 academic year.

Offer can be used in-store, online or over the phone — we just need to see a copy of the music certificate. Cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer or promotion.

*Excludes Rath products, and instruments sold on commission (Secondhand/Pre-owned).

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